Cord Use

By Cord Blood Advisor on June 28th, 2007

CORD:USE

DESCRIPTION: This bank participates in the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Cord Blood bank network. CORD:USE is a for-profit corporation founded in June 2004 to collect Cord Blood donations for public use. It is their hope that increased utilization of Cord Blood will enable them to turn a profit and allow them to continue to increase the number of units in their inventory. The medical director of CORD:USE is Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D. of Duke University, one of the world’s leading transplant physicians. The staff of CORD:USE have profiles on their website. CORD:USE contracts with the laboratory of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center; this laboratory holds FACT/Netcord Accreditation. CORD:USE samples are stored in a separate BioArchive freezer. CORD:USE only accepts collections from medical centers where they have trained the staff. The collection may be performed by dedicated personnel or by OB/Gyn’s and midwives. CORD:USE training allows staff to either collect cord blood “in utero”, prior to delivery of the placenta, or to collect “ex utero”, by draining cord blood from the placenta after it has been delivered. As of Oct 2007, the CORD:USE collection sites are:

Florida: Orlando - Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Michigan: Dearborn - Oakwood Hospital
North Carolina:
Greensboro - Women’s Hospital of Greensboro
Raleigh - Rex Hospital

CORD:USE only archives collections which contain a minimum of one billion mononuclear cells, the highest collection threshold employed by any public bank as of Feb 2006. Smaller collections are used for research programs that collaborate with Dr. Kurtzberg. CORD:USE hopes to expand their collection network, focusing on medical centers with the opportunity to obtain racially and ethnically diverse cord blood donors, to ensure that the greatest number of individuals seeking a matched transplant can be helped.

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants & Research

COLLECTS FROM: Florida, Michigan, and North Carolina

INTERNET: www.corduse.com

PHONE: 407-562-1650 (corporate)

OFFICE: Lake Mary, Florida

STORAGE: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP